I could quit: Team GB shooting star Wilson may not defend title at Rio 2016 after row over training ground

British double trap star Peter Wilson says he may be forced to quit shooting after a row involving his local training facility.

Southern Counties Shooting is in a dispute with a neighbour over lead shot from its range near Dorchester in Dorset.

The Environment Agency and related authorities are investigating the contamination of 60 acres of agricultural land.

On the brink: Peter Wilson, who won gold for Britain in the double trap shooting, could quit

With the dispute likely to be taken to court, the Team GB gold medal winner believes he will be forced to give up his hopes of representing his country at the Rio Games in 2016 because his closest range is a five-hour round trip.

Wilson has trained at the site for 10 years, according to The Sun.

He said: ‘If Southern Counties closed, I can’t see how I could carry on. I’d love to try to defend my title, although I have not decided for sure whether I will be carrying on towards Rio because there is a lot to consider.

‘But I want to be in control of my own destiny. I don’t want that decision to be made for me.’

Neighbour Alistair Cooper said he did not want to close the training ground, also the site where F1 star Jenson Button learned to race.